§ 2-6. Additional powers of council.

Without limitation of the foregoing and among the other powers that may be exercised by the council, the following are hereby enumerated for greater certainty:

(1)

Appoint and remove the city manager.

(2)

Reserved.

(3)

Adopt the budget of the city.

(4)

Authorize the issuance of bonds by a bond ordinance.

(5)

Inquire into the conduct of any office, department, or agency of the city and make investigations as to municipal affairs.

(6)

Provide for such boards and commissions required by law and such other boards, commissions and authorities as it may from time to time deem necessary, and appoint the members to all such boards, commissions and authorities unless otherwise provided by law.

(7)

Adopt plats when authorized to do so by the unified development code.

(8)

Adopt and modify the official map of the city.

(9)

Adopt, modify, and carry out plans proposed by the planning commission.

(10)

Regulate, license and fix the charges or fares made by any person owning, operating, or controlling any vehicle of any character used for the carrying of passengers for hire or the transportation of freight for hire on the public streets and alleys of the city.

(11)

Provide for the establishment and designation of fire limits and to prescribe the kind and character of buildings or structures or improvements to be erected therein, and to provide for the erection of fireproof buildings within certain limits, and to provide for the condemnation of dangerous structures or buildings or dilapidated buildings or buildings calculated to increase the fire hazard, and the manner of their removal or destruction.

(Code 1964, § 2.9; Ord. No. 4949, §§ 1—3, 1-28-92)

Charter reference

See Art. III.